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UN Envoy: UN Workers Killed Running From Bunker

KABUL, Afghanistan - Fearing for their lives, the U.N. workers dashed into a dark bunker hoping to escape the mob of Afghan protesters angry over the burning of a Quran by a Florida church. Hope wasn't enough for three of them. They were hunted down and brutally slain - their bodies found later in three different parts of...

Afghanistan's President Blasts US Troops for Gruesome Afghan Deaths

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghanistan's president says U.S. soldiers charged with murder in the deaths last year of three unarmed Afghans had killed them for entertainment, after taking drugs. Hamid Karzai condemned the actions of five soldiers from the 5th Stryker Brigade. The troops have been charged in the United States...

Afghan Forces to Take Control in 7 Areas, Karzai Says

KABUL, Afghanistan -- President Hamid Karzai said Tuesday that his security forces will soon take charge of securing seven areas around Afghanistan - the first step toward his goal of having Afghan police and soldiers protecting the entire nation by the end of 2014. In a speech peppered with criticism of the international...

Gates: US Should Stay Involved in Afghanistan

BAGRAM, Afghanistan -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday that both the U.S. and Afghan governments agree the American military should remain involved in Afghanistan after the planned 2014 end of combat operations to help train and advise Afghan forces. "Obviously it would be a small fraction of the presence...

Afghan President Rejects US Apology Over Killings

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghanistan's president on Sunday rejected a U.S. apology for the mistaken killing of nine Afghan boys in a NATO air attack and said civilian casualties are no longer acceptable. According to a statement from his office, Hamid Karzai told Gen. David Petraeus, the top commander of coalition forces in...

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Afghanistan: NATO Airstrikes Killed 8 Civilians

Afghan authorities said on Sunday that an airstrike by the U.S.-led NATO coalition killed eight members of a family in eastern Afghanistan.

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Ida Lichter, M.D.: Women in the Muslim World Need Genuine Reform

In the latest edition of Foreign Policy magazine, Muslim reformer Mona Eltahawy called for a genuine revolution in the Middle East.

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Hamid Karzai Will 'Definitely Not' Allow Rep. Dana Rohrabacher Back Into Afghanistan

On his way to Kabul in March, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) suddenly found himself stranded in Dubai, banned from entering Afghanistan by Afghan President Hamid Karzai.

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Obama Meets With Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari And Afghan President Hamid Karzai

President Barack Obama met briefly on the sidelines of the NATO summit with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and Afghan President Hamid Karzai.

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NATO Summit Chicago: World Leaders To Tackle Afghanistan's Future

World leaders weary of war will tackle Afghanistan's post-conflict future â from funding for security forces to upcoming elections â when the NATO summit opens Sunday.

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05/29/12 Afghan poppy blight may not harm heroin supply, says... Source: DNA (Daily News & Analysis) An Afghan poppy blight that is helping drive up heroin prices may not dent the global opiate supply, the United Nations' anti-drug tsar said on Tuesday, as Afghan President Hamid Karzai lashed out at foreigners for their part in his country's drug trade.
05/29/12 Civilian deaths in Afghanistan continue unchecked Source: Voice of Russia In Eastern Afghanistan on Saturday night NATO was involved in another "incident", as NATO calls them, involving the deaths of large numbers of civilians.
05/28/12 NATO: No evidence attack killed Afghan civilians Source: SFGate.com - San Francisco CA The U.S.-led coalition on Sunday disputed reports that eight civilians, including children, were killed in a NATO air strike in a remote part of eastern Afghanistan.
05/26/12 National News: Miliband warning on Afghan pullout Source: Birmingham Mail - Birmingham - West Midlands - UK The international community must "up its game" on political progress in Afghanistan or risk wasting a decade of sacrifice by British soldiers, Labour leader Ed Miliband has warned.
05/26/12 World & UK News: Miliband warning on Afghan pullout Source: Uxbridge Gazette The international community must "up its game" on political progress in Afghanistan or risk wasting a decade of sacrifice by British soldiers, Labour leader Ed Miliband has warned.

Background on Hamid Karzai

Hamid Karzai, GCMG (, ; born 24 December 1957) is the 12th and current President of Afghanistan, taking office on 7 December 2004. He became a dominant political figure after the removal of the Taliban regime in late 2001. During the December 2001 International Conference on Afghanistan in Germany, Karzai was selected by prominent Afghan political figures to serve a six month term as Chairman of the Interim Administration.

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